Teams: Making MS Teams Recordings Accessible

Teams meeting recordings are saved to OneDrive and can include a machine-generated transcript with a built-in editor. Because automated transcripts may contain errors. You must review and edit the transcript for accuracy to support Universal Design and Title II accessibility requirements.

Access your Video Transcript

You can access your Teams meeting recording from Teams, OneDrive, or Microsoft Stream.

Open Teams

From OneDrive

From Clipchamp

  1. Open the meeting chat or channel.
  2. Locate the recording.
  3. Select More options (...) > Open.

  1. Navigate to My files.
  2. Open the Recordings folder.
  3. Select the meeting recording.
  1. Locate your recordings
  2. Select the video then Open.
  3. Choose Open in browser or Edit in Clipchamp.

Transcripts and Captions

Transcripts and captions can be generated in 28 different languages, only the meeting owner can generate a transcript for a recording.

Generate a Transcript

  1. Choose Video settings then click Transcript and Captions, click "Generate". 
  2. Select your spoken language in the drop down menu, and click Generate. Depending on the length of your video, it can take some time to process. Note: If you have a transcript you edited offline, click the Upload button.

Edit a Transcript

  1. Click "Transcript" in the menu.
  2. Review your transcript. 
  3. Edit your transcript, click the pencil on the time cue (refer to the image below).
  4. Read article: How to Edit Captions and Transcripts


How can I edit a Teams Recording?

 

 

 

SVSU provides different video editing tools depending on how the recording will be used:


Microsoft Teams Accessibility Resources

Read article: Accessibility Screen Reader Support for Microsoft Teams

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